Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 brings password protected Office documents

With the help of Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1, you can create password protected Office documents. The Window Phone 8.1 Update 1 Developer was launched last week, but still there are lots of features coming out one by one. Now from the latest update you can password protect Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Only you have to just encrypt the file with a password, and nobody will be able to open it unless they know the password. It is a useful feature for sharing sensitive and private documents.

On the Windows 8.1 Smartphone, you were not able to open and view the documents which had a password. You would get a message which saying the password protected files cannot be opened. It is one of the biggest changes comes with Update 1 developer preview for Windows Phone 8.1 operating system. Now whenever you try to open the password protected file you will be prompted to enter a password. Now you have to enter the password, and you will get the access to yours Word, Excel or PowerPoint document. It is small, but needed feature of office documents for the Windows Phone.

The Windows Phone 8.1 Update brings many small but useful features which are necessary for the Windows Phone eco-system. Yesterday, in one of my post we tell the method of select multiple calls deletion from a contact list, which is not available before the update1 for Windows Phone 8.1 OS